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After spending the past week riding through the Gobi Desert in Mongolia we are now preparing for our next challenge; To ride the Road of Bones (two up) all the way to Magadan which is located in the very North East of Russia. This journey will see us ride roughly 5000km on a one way road which is predominately unsealed to reach this iconic city.

If we’re lucky upon reach Magadan, we’ll be able to find a cargo ship to transport our motorcycle “principessa” all the way down to Vladivostok so we won’t have to re-ride 3000km of the very same road.

You learn quickly how to navigate in Mongolia and it works a little like this:

– you drive on a dirt track for a while and suddenly it splits into two – no signs, nothing.
– you check the GPS and it looks more confuse that you (if that is possible) so you choose one path and eventually that splits in three – one path joins another path, the second follows a similar course, and the third goes in the opposite direction??
– just because you’re riding towards your destination, it doesn’t mean the road will take you there.
– ask only one person at a time for directions.

Most of our first days riding in Mongolia was based on choosing the track that appeared the best to ride. Unfortunately sometimes tracks run for kilómetres without merging back onto the main path and you end up in the middle of nowhere at some random ger (a Mongolian nomad tent) and upon asking directions you’re encountered with many fingers pointing in different directions.

As you’ll see in the video, it was a long day, full of breathtaking scenery, tricky roads and amazing encounters that eventually lead us to our final destination : and old monastery located in a beautiful isolated valley.